"VFR" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: VFRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} VFR (countable and uncountable, plural VFRs)
  1. (aviation, uncountable) Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments. Wikidata QID: Q907246 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: visual flight rules (extra: a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments) Coordinate_terms: IFR, SVFR
    Sense id: en-VFR-en-noun-en:Q907246 Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (aviation, countable, uncountable) Initialism of (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations
    Sense id: en-VFR-en-noun-~jMjJVv- Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (uncountable, countable, film, video compression) Initialism of variable frame rate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: variable frame rate Related terms (variable frame rate): HFR
    Sense id: en-VFR-en-noun-CtF1TVrO Categories (other): Film genres, Video compression, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 32 17 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 27 22 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 13 57 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'variable frame rate': 9 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: VFR direct [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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